Has anyone tried any of these ICSPs?

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Hello,

I was currently browsing through eBay and I found these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Mini-ATMEL-AVR-ATMEGA-STK500-USB-Programmer-ISP-/350453829435?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item5198ad0f3b

and

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-ISP-Programmer-ATMEL-AVR-ATMega-ATTiny-51-Board-/270730131840?pt=BI_Electrical_Equipment_Tools&hash=item3f08c5f980

has anyone tried any of these?
Do they work with AVRDude?

I remember when the AVRISP from ATMEL was pretty expensive... but at this price, it kinda makes it worth to invest in one. Although, if the cheaper one works with AVRDude, it would be just as good, especially since I don't like using Windows. :confused:

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spycatcher2k:
I have one of these :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USBtiny-ISP-AVR-Atmel-Programmer-Arduino-bootloader-/170609102308?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27b9184de4

Drew.

That appears to be a clone of the ADAfruit's USBtiny ICSP programmer. It works with AVRDUDE and also directly supported and runs inside the Arduino IDE for burning bootloaders. I've had my USBtiny programmer for around two years now and it has been 100% reliable for programming the chips used in the arduino platform.

Lefty

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I'm using a Mac, so the AVR Studio won't be a decising factor. But I would like to be able to use the ICSP in several chips and not just the Arduino ones... although there are Arduino versions for the most interesting chips in the AVR range. :S

Did anyone try the first one with a mac and AVRDude? Could it also be used to send the application to a chip with bootloader?
Any experience with this, anyone?

Thanks for the replies.

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But I would like to be able to use the ICSP in several chips and not just the Arduino ones... although there are Arduino versions for the most interesting chips in the AVR range. :S

AVRDUDE and it's associated avrdude.conf file and what version number of AVRDUDE used is what defines which AVR chips a ICSP programmer can support, and which programmers are supported.

Lefty